Burmese

Verb

ရက် • ‎(rak) (Romanization: MLCTS: rak • ALA-LC: rak‘ • BGN/PCGN: yet • Okell: yeʔ)

1. to weave

Derived terms

• ရက်ကန်း ‎(rakkan:, “loom”)
• ကွန်ရက် ‎(kwanrak, “netting, network”)
• ရက်ဖောက် ‎(rakhpauk, “bobbin, pirn”)

Etymology 2

From Old Burmese ရျက် ‎(ryak) (Bagan), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-r(j)ak ‎(“day, full day; overnight”). Cognate with Mizo riak, riah ‎(“to spend the night”), Tibetan ཞག ‎(zhag, “day (24 hours)”), Sichuan Yi ꉖ ‎(hxot, “(classifier) night”), Lisu ꓦꓬꓼ ‎(h̃jà, “(classifier) night”), and Chinese 夜 ‎(yè, “night”).

Noun

ရက် • ‎(rak) (Romanization: MLCTS: rak • ALA-LC: rak‘ • BGN/PCGN: yet • Okell: yeʔ)

1. day

Derived terms

• ရက်စွဲ ‎(rakcwai:, “date”)
• ရက်သတ္တပတ် ‎(raksatta.pat, “week”)

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Adjective

ရက် • ‎(rak) (Romanization: MLCTS: rak • ALA-LC: rak‘ • BGN/PCGN: yet • Okell: yeʔ)

1. (usually in reduplicated form) quick, swift, violent, decisive

Particle

ရက် • ‎(rak) (Romanization: MLCTS: rak • ALA-LC: rak‘ • BGN/PCGN: yet • Okell: yeʔ)

1. particle placed after verbs to denote a lack of consideration

Derived terms

• ရက်ရက် ‎(rak-rak, “swiftly, immediately, boldly”)
• ရက်စက် ‎(rakcak, “cruel, pitiless, ruthless”)

Etymology 4

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjak ‎(“oil, fat, grease”). Cognate with Mizo (sa) hriak ‎(“oil, grease”), Tibetan ཞག ‎(zhag, “oil, fat, grease”), and Cantonese 液 ‎(jik⁶, “liquid, fluid”). Alternatively, from အရက် ‎(a.rak, “alcoholic drinks, liquor”), from Arabic عَرَق ‎(ʿaraq, “arrack, arak, an alcoholic drink”).

Noun

ရက် • ‎(rak) (Romanization: MLCTS: rak • ALA-LC: rak‘ • BGN/PCGN: yet • Okell: yeʔ)

1. extracted liquid, such as nectar

References

• “ရက်” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.